By Our Correspondent
Residents of Agodo township in Ewekoro local government area of Ogun State, in their hundreds besieged the palace of Alake of Egbaland in Abeokuta to protest against the alleged moves by some politicians to tamper with the course of justice in the attempt by the police to bring killers of their monarch, Oba Ayinde Olajide Odetola to book.
Salient Times report that the residents while at Alake Palace, pleaded with the Paramount ruler of Egbaland not to cave in to any unreasonable pressure from anyone
"no matter how highly placed as all are equal before God and will surely give account of our deeds here on earth"
According to the protesters,
"we are not unaware that Police efforts are yielding positive results, but also learnt that some people have been making some overtures to His Royal Majesty the Alake of Egbaland on those already in the police net"
"This was how the late brother of the slained monarch was murdered and those arrested by the police were left out of the hook with the aid of a prominent politician whose brother is a top political office holder"
It will be recalled that Oba Ayinde Odetola was gruesomely murdered and burnt by unknown people in the town. No sooner than this dastardly act, that a statement was issued by the Olowu Council of Chiefs denouncing that late Oba Odetola was never a monarch, but a land speculator, the statement which garnered a lot of knocks from Imo council of chiefs.
The Imo Chiefs said the statement issued by the Olowu in Council was wrong showing Journalists the publication of the late monarch letter of appointment and official gazette by the Ogun state government.
0 Comments